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“Mesa/Boogies have what they call ‘suggested settings.’ I have it set for death metal”: Why Walter Trout uses a metal setting to dial in his blues guitar tones

The American-made amps are sometimes associated with far heavier genres, but Trout insists they are perfect for the blues

Guitar World

“This has been through thick and thin… one of our crew fell on a stair, the whole neck snapped right off”: Swedish heavyweights Orbit Culture show us their ESP guitars – and tell us why the EverTune bridge was a game-changer

Richard Hansson and Niklas Karlsson on why passive humbuckers are better for downtuned riffs, James Hetfield's influence, and why baritones and extended range guitars are too much guitar

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Iamthemorning share new live video of Chalk And Coal as they add another goal to their Live at St Matthias release

Iamthemorning will release their Kickstarter-funded Live at St Matthias concert film and album book set and extended book set on September 5.

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“I was playing the Fender Strat that Jimi Hendrix gave me. We wound up plugging the guitar straight into the board. That’s why it’s such a clean tone on that track”: Billy Gibbons on the making of ZZ Top's greatest blues song

"For some reason the guitar wasn’t working through the amp," Gibbons recalled

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"In terms of live hard rock and roll, this is as good as it gets." Metallica's Lars Ulrich salutes one of the greatest live albums ever, a record he says he's listened to "about 18,000 times"

Lars Ulrich pays tribute to "the best hard rock live album ever".

Metal Hammer

Kittie have re-recorded a nu metal classic to celebrate its 25th anniversary and make us feel ancient

The Canadian four-piece’s song Spit was released two-and-a-half decades ago, and your lower back isn’t what it used to be

Metal Hammer

Vienna to stage Eurovision 2026 amid ongoing controversy over Israel's inclusion

Austria's JJ won this year's contest, held in Basel in Switzerland, meaning his home country will stage the 2026 event. Its capital, Vienna, was announced on Wednesday as the host city, beating out rival bidder Innsbruck.

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Coldplay at Wembley: What time will they perform and what is the setlist?

Here’s what you need to know about tonight’s exciting show

Evening Standard

No, this isn't a prop from Doctor Who –it's Pro-Ject's new solution for better audio

Pro-Ject brings valves to your vinyl with two new high-performance pre-amps

Chris Martin jokes about Coldplay’s viral CEO ‘kiss cam’ controversy

The band have vowed ‘not to stop’ following their viral jumbotron moment last month

Evening Standard

“Dave's a good storyteller, but there's some truth in between the showmanship”: Sammy Hagar believes David Lee Roth’s story about being visited by the ghost of Eddie Van Halen

Roth seemingly tried to troll Hagar with his comments, but Hagar isn't letting it get to him

Guitar World

“Randy Bachman called me up and said, ‘I found my guitar. I can tell you how I did it’”: 60 years after he sold it, Neil Young has been reunited with his Squires Gretsch 6120 – thanks to a little help from Randy Bachman

Young tracked down his beloved Gretsch online, and has since been playing it live on tour

Guitar World

“It was my bad… crossed wires”: Calvin Harris shuts down talk of a feud with Miley Cyrus after teasing a new song that previously had her vocals on it

Ocean is now being sung by Jessie Reyez, it would seem

MusicRadar

Chris Martin Breaks His Silence On Cheating Scandal Controversy, Calls It A “Debacle”

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin addressed the kiss-cam “debacle” and suggested they weren’t going to let it stop them from having fun.

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“They all thought it was a bonkers idea but it worked. It was already a great song, but that one little thing made it different”: How the Eagles made somebody else’s song their own – and defined the sound of country rock

"Those open chords felt like an announcement: ‘And now... the Eagles!’”

The Independent UK

Cranberries bandmates say Dolores O’Riordan’s death was ‘biggest shock’

Drummer Fergal Lawler said he still wakes up expecting a call from his late bandmate

The National (Scotland)

Paul Weller sues ex-accountants after being dropped over Gaza comments

Musician Paul Weller is suing his former accountants after they stopped working with the singer after public statements alleging Israel was…

Guitar World

“I can’t believe the pick scrape became a thing. It was born by mistake”: Gojira’s Joe Duplantier on the origins of his trademark technique, playing Ozzy Osbourne’s final show – and what he’s got cooking with ESP

As the frontman looks back at 20 years of Gojira’s groundbreaking From Mars to Sirius, he explains why switching guitar brands is not like having an affair, and how he learned about Ozzy Osbourne’s death as the band were midway through a show

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Oasis Star Noel Gallagher Piles Praise On 'Amazing' Brother Liam

Oasis songwriter Noel Gallagher has described performing again with his brother Liam as "great", confounding sceptics who feared a fresh sibling bust-up could scupper their reunion tour.

International Business Times UK

What Happened to Tamar Braxton? Artist Said She 'Almost Died' - Was She Assaulted?

Tamar Braxton reveals she 'almost died' in a near-death accident, sharing shocking injuries and recovery details with fans.

Metal Hammer

Judas Priest’s Rob Halford reveals his reaction to Ozzy Osbourne’s death: “I curled up in a ball and bawled my eyes out for hours”

The Metal God says he’s “still grieving” following the death of Black Sabbath’s Prince Of Darkness in July

Guitar World

“My friend told me if I go to a folk club I have to know how to play Angi. When I played it, they said they haven’t heard it in 10 years!” How seven years of busking and Nick Drake’s influence were the making of England's new folk guitar hero Chris Brain

For fans of Nick Drake, John Martyn, Bert Jansch and AnneBriggs, Chris Brain's bucolic folk sound is driven by his technically formidable but delicate fingerstyle approach – and some of it was recorded in his shed

MusicRadar

“After five minutes, I was like, can I just go back to the dressing room? My legs had turned to jelly”: Noel Gallagher on 'grossly underestimating' the band's tour, the gig he's most looking forward to playing and, yes, what he thinks of Liam now

“It’s great just to be back with Bonehead and Liam and just be doing it again"

The National (Scotland)

See if you can still get tickets for the AC/DC concert at Murrayfield Stadium

Are there still any tickets left for AC/DC's Power Up Tour show at Edinburgh's Murrayfield Stadium this week?

The Independent UK

Eurovision announces host city for 2026 song contest

A list of participating countries for the 70th edition of the contest will be revealed later this year

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